#ahistorical

[black-is-beautiful18]

Y’all are so stupid and antiblack. Sure we’re talking about a fictional franchise called Pirates of the CARIBBEAN but somehow people think there were no Black pirates. Never mind that Black Caesar, an actual Black man, served under Blackbeard of all people. Never mind that Queen Nanny of the Maroons was going around being a pirate and freeing slaves. Never mind the legend of Jacquotte Delahaye, who even though it is fiction has a literal book coming out about her, exists. Never mind the stories of Black pirates from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean existing. But sure. Let’s get mad at the potential fact that Ayo Edebiri might be leading the new start up of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Cuz Black pirates didn’t exist 🙄.

[khaire-traveler]

Opinion time with Kas:

I absolutely hate those conspiracy theories that are like, "This human wonder was made by aliens!" This is ahistorical at best, and extremely racist at worst. See, when these people make such claims, they're usually referring to non-white human wonders, such as African tribes having knowledge of math and certain star systems or the Nazca Lines in Peru. So these people think non-white ancient civilizations weren't capable of discovering this knowledge themselves or??? But obviously, it makes perfect sense if white people make these discoveries without "alien aid".

This belief system is just so frustrating to me. As a white person, I cannot speak on the experiences of minorities directly, but honestly, these types of conspiracy theories seem incredibly racist to me. I cannot imagine how extremely aggravating it must be for minorities who stem from these ancient civilizations to have their cultural backgrounds and ancient histories reduced to "oh, little green men created all of these world wonders, obviously!" I think it's really important to speak out about and address this issue because of how insanely offensive it can be.

These types of conspiracies are extremely harmful, for a variety of reasons. Please be careful when interacting with them. Keep yourself historically educated, and remember the harm theories like these cause.

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If any minorities would like to speak on this issue and reblog with additions, I encourage you to do so! I would really love to hear from those directly impacted by these ludicrous claims. Much love to you. 🫂

[illuminaughti-online]

GET YOUR GARBAGE AHISTORICAL MISATTRIBUTED SHIT OFF MY ENKI-SANCTIONED INTERNET

You didn't even try to translate this. You simply stole an accounting tablet jpg from the Met and slapped some bullshit over it.

That's the tablet. It is a receipt involving a trade caravan. Hope you're happy asshole j/k choke on a chicken bone

[sauntervaguelydown]

it's funny although a little exasperating how artists designing "princess" or medieval-esque gowns really do not understand how those types of clothes are constructed. We're all so used to modern day garments that are like... all sewn together in one layer of cloth, nobody seems to realize all of the bits and pieces were actually attached in layers.

So like look at this mid-1400's fit:

to get the effect of that orange gown, you've got

chemise next to the skin like a slip (not visible here) (sometimes you let a bit of this show at the neckline) (the point is not to sweat into your nice clothes and ruin them)

kirtle, or undergown. (your basic dress, acceptable to be seen by other people) this is the puffing bits visible at the elbow, cleavage, and slashed sleeve. It's a whole ass dress in there. Square neckline usually. In the left picture it's probably the mustard yellow layer on the standing figure.

Specific Italian style gown. This is the orange diamond pattern part. It's also the bit of darker color visible in the V of the neckline.

surcoat, or sleeveless overgown. THIS is the yellow tapestry print. In the left picture it's the long printed blue dress on the standing figure

if you want to get really fancy you can add basically a kerchief or netting over the bare neck/shoulders. It can be tucked into the neckline or it can sit on top. That's called a partlet.

the best I can tell you is that they were technically in a mini-ice-age during this era. Still looks hot as balls though.

Coats and surcoats are really more for rich people though, normal folks will be wearing this look:

tbh I have a trapeze dress from target that looks exactly like that pale blue one. ye olden t-shirt dress.

You can see how the “renaissance festival” style of kirtle (left) is a modern recreation of this look (right)

so now look here:

(this is a princess btw) both pieces are made of the same blue material so it looks as if it's all one dress, but it's not. The sleeves you're seeing are part of the gown/coat, and the ermine fur lined section on top is a sideless overgown/surcoat. You can tell she's rich as fuck because she's got MORE of that fur on the inside of the surcoat hem.

okay so now look at these guys.

Left image (that's Mary Magdelene by the way) you can see the white bottom layer peeking out at the neckline. That's a white chemise (you know, underwear). The black cloth you see behind her chest lacing is a triangular panel pinned there to Look Cool tm. We can call that bit the stomacher. Over the white underwear is the kirtle (undergown) in red patterned velvet, and over the kirtle is a gown in black. Right image is the same basic idea--you can see the base kirtle layer with a red gown laced over it. She may or may not have a stomacher behind her lacing, but I'm guessing not.

I've kind of lost the plot now and I'm just showing you images, sorry. IN CONCLUSION:

you can tell she's a queen because she's got bits I don't even know the NAMES of in this thing. Is that white bit a vest? Is she wearing a vest OVER her sideless surcoat? Girl you do not need this many layers!

[hyenaswine]

actually tumblr it's called a jock sock 🙄

[hadesoftheladies]

tell me you got your “education” on history from redtube without telling me

i think men shutting tf up would solve a lot of problems

[kazz-brekker]

legit kind of sad about the my lady jane cancellation. it just really sucks to be living in an era of television where it feels like you can't get invested in anything new and interesting without constantly fearing that it's going to get yanked away from you and unceremoniously cancelled

[salvadorbonaparte]

Myths, nation- and identity building are really fascinating because one thing I noticed in Europe is that no matter what kind you contact you had with the Roman Empire people are using it to build identity. "The Romans came here and here are some Roman buildings and roads and the name of this place is Latin in origin :D" vs "The Romans never conquered us in fact we absolutely beat the shit out of them :D"

[aislop]

Listen—barring for all the usual hallmarks of a shit-quality generative-AI image (including the fact that this alleged photo trying to look as if it's from the early-to-mid-20th century sepia/black-and-white, but for some reason has color on the eyes), what even is the anatomical build of these people?

If the middle person is used as basis for average height, what in the gangly fuck is happening to those on either side of him? Especially on the left side of the photo.

Petr Válek / the.vape.noise

[a-very-tired-jew]

Once in a while a blog I blocked a some time ago slips through due to another reblogging them. It gives me a glimpse into what has been going on since, and usually it’s just as bad or worse as what caused me to block them in the first place.

In this case it’s our old friend Tikkunolamresistance, and let me tell you shalomies… it’s unhinged

Now, we know they're a tankie at minimum, and some will say they're a Russian bot. Regardless, they can try and turn this around all they want by decrying other Jews saying they're not Jewish or what not. But they're just reiterating Protocols level antisemitic conspiracies with a new coat of paint. That's why so many of us side eye them and others who endorse this type of rhetoric. Just because it's "in vogue" to repurpose antisemitic conspiracies as "anti-Zionist" does not mean you get a free pass as a Jew. You are actively supporting, endorsing, and engaging with rhetoric that harms us and you, and it's very alarming. But this is best summed up with the following meme that I immediately made upon seeing this post.

[weaverofink]

imagine if claire actually had a good outfit during wizards

[deanmarywinchester]

really really enjoy how The Bright Sword depicts post-Arthurian britain as this once colonized, twice abandoned place. like it was conquered and then abandoned by the romans, who remade the aristocracy and language in their image and christianized the country and left behind works of engineering that would not be replicated for a thousand-plus years. then it was this land of christian miracles held together by Arthur and God, and then God abandoned the country and those kinds of miracles were never seen again

and the book explicitly plays with the connections between the Roman Empire and Christian/monarchist power, mentioning that some crackpots believe in the eventual return of the Roman Empire the way that people believe Arthur will return some day, and having the protagonist marvel at roman mining machinery that seems impossible to believe could have ever worked the way he marvels at stories of the Quest for the Grail

not 100% sure where this is going but it’s very effective for being a story about how the age of heroes is dead, because the age of wonders and power is sort of twice dead.

[danoshanter]

This is such a dangerous lie. It is why most Americans are so easily manipulated that we almost had a violent overthrow of the country.

THOSE WHO ARE IGNORANT OF HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT, YOU DAMN FOOLS. IT'S EVEN A EFFING PROVERB, that's how basic it is.

Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it, and an alarming number of the citizens of my own country are just about the most ahistorical head-in-the-sand idiots I can possibly name.

It works on the personal level too. Either you learn from your past mistakes AND successes -- rather than burying them under some kind of cotton-candy lala positive thinking pablum that won't even let you admit that the past EXISTS -- or you'll be easy prey to the next mistake that does come along BECAUSE YOU WON'T HAVE ANY MORE SKILLS TO AVOID IT THAN YOU DID WHEN YOU MADE THE FIRST MISTAKE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

“Never carry things on from the past. The past is gone. Every moment - be rid of it, solved or unsolved. Drop it, and don’t carry parts - because those parts won’t allow you to solve new problems that live in this moment.”

— Osho

[cannabiscomrade]

we cannot begin to act like intersex transphobes and transmisogynists don't exist, and it is actively dangerous to perpetuate that these demographics don't exist. There are absolutely intersex circles that frame their ideology around the "disordered male/female" idea.

Intersex and trans solidarity is key to keeping both of our communities alive- but intersex TERFs are a thing. Intersex transphobes who align themselves under the DSD label are very real and just like transmasc TERFs will use their marginalized status as a weapon against others and a justification of their exterminatory behavior.

Intersexism is a core culture issue of TERF and other transphobe rhetoric, they often operate under and agree with the medicalization of intersex bodies or the "disorders of sexual development" label. TERFs believing that their own intersex female body is just disordered further justifies their idea that there is an ideal framework surrounding the idea of being "female", and inherently means it's something trans women cannot obtain- regardless of intersex status. It is still rooted in transmisogyny.

[wrishwrosh]

The most common word in the mouths of American soldiers has been the vulgar expression for sexual intercourse. This word does duty as an adjective, adverb, verb, noun, and in any other form it can possibly be used, however inappropriate and ridiculous in application. Many soldiers seem hardly able to utter a sentence without using it at least once. Apparently they derive a vague satisfaction by invoking the word itself, habitual and thoughtless as its employment becomes.

j glenn gray, the warriors: reflections on men in battle (1959)

Some scholars have argued that during and after World War I and World War II, people began to swear more than they had in the past. The particular horrors of those wars—the constant threat of death by poison gas and machine guns, trench warfare, incendiary bombing—led to feelings of rage and helplessness that needed an outlet in frequent swearing. […] Swearing in the armed forces was so ubiquitous that fuck really wasn’t such a bad word.

melissa mohr, holy shit: a brief history of swearing (2013)

[Obscene expressions] are applied to situations and experiences of crucial importance to the person but which are apparently devoid of sexual connotation. They are merely expressive of the conception of virility, masculinity, and freedom from social restraint of an exclusively male world.

frederick elkin, “the soldier’s language” (1946)

Some of the licensed obscenities of soldiers may be grounded in a folk belief about the advisability of turning away any compliment with a deprecatory remark that might serve to ward away the evil eye. “Fuck you,” “go fuck yourself,” “get fucked,” “fuck off,” and “fucking” used as an adjectival modifier were derogatory usages that were voluminously used by some soldiers to deride or devalue anything of a serious nature that was said by anyone.

les cleveland, “soldiers’ songs: the folklore of the powerless” (1984)

[nekropsii]

Vriska Serket is so influential that there is an entire subgenre of character and entire form of discourse named after her- labels of which will genuinely get retroactively applied to things which existed years before Homestuck did. Namely Azula and Asuka. If you say a character "is a Vriska", or that there is "Vriscourse" surrounding a specific character, everyone knows exactly what the hell you're talking about immediately.

Katya, meanwhile, is entirely manufactured. Manufactured Tumblr Sexymen/Tumblr Women do not count. They have never counted. A major part of what makes a Tumblr Sexyman or a Tumblr Woman is the unexpectedness. It has to happen naturally. That is the entire point. A majority of Katya's character was a rehash of the Vriska archetype anyway. She is a collective OC spawned from an unreality-based meme that happened a few months ago, and she will be forgotten quickly.

This is Recency Bias at its finest.

Vote Vriska. She reshaped all of fandom as a concept, and this entire website, as we know it. Cowards. Her unimaginable influence cannot be understated or undercut for a bit that does not exist.